MCAS Photosynthesis

Solar energy is converted into _____and water through photosynthesis.

• solar

• chemical

• wind

• physical

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The process plants use to make food is called ______

• adaptation

• photosynthesis

• sunlight

• prototype

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Which ingredient is necessary for photosynthesis?

• water

• sunlight

• carbon dioxide

• all of the above

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Where does photosynthesis take place?

• chloroplasts

• under the leaves

• in the roots only

• in chromosomes

What part does chlorophyll play in photosynthesis?

• It transports sugar and water to a plant’s leaves.

• It captures the sun's energy

• It drinks water from the soil around the roots of a plant.

• It breathes the air around a plant and gets carbon dioxide.

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What are water and carbon dioxide converted into by the end of photosynthesis?

• air and sunlight

• water and air

• sugar and water

• sugar and oxygen

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The green pigment in plants that captures the light energy used in photosynthesis.

• photosynthesis

• vein

• chlorophyll

• stomata

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A chemical process by which green plants make their food. Plants use energy from the sun water, and carbon dioxide into food and they give off oxygen as a by product

• chlorophyll

• vein

• photosynthesis

• stomata

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Which part of a plant works as its “nostrils”?

• stoma

• guard cells

• chloroplasts

• all of the above

Where do people and animals get the oxygen they breathe?

• from plants

• from other animals

• from water

• from the sun

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